Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying--but of acting against one's conviction.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self.